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Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths. The first recorded instance of a common name for these moths comes from Swainson's ''On the natural On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects'', 1840,〔Swainson, W., and Shuckard, W.E., 1840, On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects. ''Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia.'' Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, London, pp. 106–107〕 where members of the genus ''Cryptophasa'' are described as Hermit Moths. This is an allusion to the caterpillar's habit of living alone in a purely residential burrow in a tree branch, to which it drags leaves at night, attaching them with silk to the entrance to the burrow and consuming the leaves as they dry out. The name Timber Moths was coined by the Queensland naturalist Rowland Illidge in 1892, later published in 1895,〔Illidge, R., 1895: Xylorycts, or timber moths. ''Queensland Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans.,'' 1, 29–34.〕 and serves to distinguish these moths from other wood-boring Australian moths such as Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) and Giant Wood Moths (Cossidae), which feed on sap or wood. It refers to the fact that the larvae of most members of this family are arboreal, whether they burrow into branches, bore into flower heads, tunnel under bark, or feed on lichens. Moths of the genus ''Maroga'' are pests of wattles (''Acacia'') and have crossed over from their wild host-plant to become serious pests of cultivated stone fruit trees, particularly cherries. Formerly, Xyloryctidae were placed in the Oecophoridae as the subfamily Xyloryctinae. Recent research suggests the Xyloryctidae are an independent family, sharing common ancestry with the Oecophoridae, but not descended from them. ==Taxonomy and systematics== *''Acompsogma'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Amorbaea'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Anachastis'' Meyrick, 1911 *''Anoditica'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Anoecea'' Diakonoff, 1951 *''Antisclerota'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Araeostoma'' Turner, 1917 *''Arignota'' Turner, 1898 *''Arsirrhyncha'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Athrypsiastis'' Meyrick, 1910 *''Bassarodes'' Meyrick, 1910 *''Bathydoxa'' Turner, 1935 *''Bida'' Walker, 1864 *''Boydia'' Newman, 1856 *''Brachybelistis'' Turner, 1902 *''Caenorycta'' Meyrick, 1922 *''Callicopris'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Capnolocha'' Meyrick, 1925 *''Catanomistis'' Meyrick, 1933 *''Catoryctis'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Chalarotona'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Chereuta'' Meyrick, 1906 *''Chironeura'' Diakonoff, 1954 *''Cilicitis'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Cladophantis'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Clepsigenes'' Meyrick, 1930 *''Clerarcha'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Comocritis'' Meyrick, 1894 *''Compsotorna'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Copidoris'' Meyrick, 1907 *''Crypsicharis'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Cryptophasa'' Lewin, 1805 *''Cyanocrates'' Meyrick, 1925 *''Cyphoryctis'' Meyrick, 1934 *''Donacostola'' Meyrick, 1931 *''Echiomima'' Meyrick, 1915 *''Epichostis'' Meyrick, 1906 *''Epidiopteryx'' Rebel in Rebel & Zerny, 1916 *''Eporycta'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Eschatura'' Meyrick, 1897 *''Eumenodora'' Meyrick, 1906 *''Eupetochira'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Exacristis'' Meyrick, 1921 *''Exoditis'' Meyrick, 1933 *''Gemorodes'' Meyrick, 1925 *''Ghuryx'' Viette, 1956 *''Glycynympha'' Meyrick, 1925 *''Gomphoscopa'' Lower, 1901 *''Gonioma'' Turner, 1898 *''Hermogenes'' Zeller, 1867 *''Heterochyta'' Meyrick, 1906 *''Hylypnes'' Turner, 1897 *''Hyperoptica'' Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1934 *''Idiomictis'' Meyrick, 1935 *''Illidgea'' Turner, 1898 *''Iulactis'' Meyrick, 1918 *''Leistarcha'' Meyrick, 1883 *''Leptobelistis'' Turner, 1902 *''Lichenaula'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Linoclostis'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Liparistis'' Meyrick, 1915 *''Lophobela'' Turner, 1917 *''Malacognostis'' Meyrick, 1926 *''Maroga'' Walker, 1864 *''Metantithyra'' Viette, 1957 *''Metathrinca'' Meyrick, 1908 *''Microphidias'' Meyrick, 1937 *''Mnarolitia'' Viette, 1954 *''Mystacernis'' Meyrick, 1915 *''Neospastis'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Niphorycta'' Meyrick, 1938 *''Opisina'' Walker, 1864 *''Pansepta'' Meyrick, 1915 *''Pantelamprus'' Christoph, 1882 *''Paraclada'' Meyrick, 1911 *''Paralecta'' Turner, 1898 *''Perixestis'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Philarista'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Phracyps'' Viette, 1952 *''Phthonerodes'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Pilostibes'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Plectophila'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Potniarcha'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Prothamnodes'' Meyrick, 1923 *''Psarolitia'' Viette, 1956 *''Pseudoprocometis'' Viette, 1952 *''Sphalerostola'' Meyrick, 1927. *''Stachyneura'' Diakonoff, 1948 *''Symphorostola'' Meyrick, 1927 *''Synchalara'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Telecrates'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Thymiatris'' Meyrick, 1907 *''Thysiarcha'' Meyrick, 1925 *''Thyrocopa'' Meyrick, 1883 *''Trypherantis'' Meyrick, 1907 *''Tymbophora'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Uzucha'' Walker, 1864 *''Xerocrates'' Meyrick, 1917 *''Xylodryadella'' Fletcher, 1940 *''Xylomimetes'' Turner, 1916 *''Xylorycta'' Meyrick, 1890 *''Zaphanaula'' Meyrick, 1920 *''Zauclophora'' Turner, 1900 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xyloryctidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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